My 55g saltwater tank

[cichlidgirl]

First attempt at a marine tank.

Setup:
55g tank
protien skimmer
2 aquaclear powerfilters (70g and 40g)
2 powerheads with sponge filters
2 light strips (one single with aocean sun 10,000 and one double with a coral sun and marine glo )

In the tank:
40 lb black argonite live sand
50-60 lb partially cured live rock
10 blue leg hermit crabs
1 Turbo snail
1 Coral banded shrimp
1 Yellow tang (2-3")
2 Maroon Clowns (1" white stripe)
4 Anemone (1long tentacle, 1 pink haitian, 1 condi, 1 unidentified)
2 corals (1 white bubble and one toadstool leather)

Here are some pics taken recently during setting up this tank :

Here is my maroon clown (female ?):

Here is my coral banded shrimp:

Here is a shot of the bubble coral and long tenticle anemone with a leather coral etc.

Here is my bubble coral:

Here is my maroon clown (male?) and the unidentified anemone:

 

[beex215]

good looking tank with a nice mix of fish. inverts always add a nice touch

 

[Metalgearliquid2]

nice tank

 

[TheCanuck]

I wouldn't say attempt, success! Nice looking tank!

 

[SharkManDMM]

Nice wish I could make mine look like that

 

[cichlidgirl]

Thanks everybody. I am definetly hoping for a complete success ! That said after 25 yrs of keeping aggressive cichlids i will deem it a success if most or all of these animals are still alive and healthy 3 and 6 months from now and if any deaths didnt come from my own ignorance or stupidity !

 

[TheCanuck]

wow i wish everyone was like this, myself included

 

[cichlidgirl]

My problem is going to be not using most of the freshwater things i learned and out of habit assuming they will apply to marine tanks. Im going to have to re verify everything i do with this tank to make sure i dont make any big mistakes. I expect to make small ones but hopefully i can avoid most of the "WHOPPERS". I made up a 30 gallon trash can of saltwater than i keep circulating for waterchanges and also to have good water on hand should i make a big faux pax LOL. Hope for the best but plan for the worst is a good motto.

Sharkman: got any pics of your tank or its occupants ? It wasnt very hard to aquascape with the live rock compared to the heavy huge limestone slabs i use in my big cichlid tanks. I could give ya pointers if you want.

 

[busterbrown]

man thats great lookin

 

[Ash]

NIce looking tank =]